બેઠક Bethak

કરજ, કારભાર ને કન્યા કરગરવાથી મળે નહીં.

karaja, kārabhāra nē kanyā karagaravāthī maḷē nahīṁ.

Literally
Debt, management, and a bride are not obtained by begging.
What it means
These things require effort, merit, or proper negotiation rather than mere pleading.

Also said as

  • કરના ફકીરી, ક્યા દલગીરી, સદા મગનમેં રહેનાં.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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